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These immense weather systems can span planetary scales, continually changing the appearance of the distant world.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026
The allegations, made by six female complainants, span a 10-year period between 1999 and 2009.
From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026
The latest signs of cooling interest came when two Australian data center companies, Airtrunk and Firmus Grid, pumped their brakes on their public offerings within the span of a few days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 14, 2026
In that span Monday, Yamamoto made 75 pitches and gave up three runs on four hits.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2026
He himself had been enmagicked as a young boy, and he knew the consequences of the action—the odd eruptions, the disruptions in thinking, the unpleasant extension of the life span.
From "The Girl Who Drank the Moon" by Kelly Barnhill
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Throughout his career, which spanned from the early 1960s to the years right before his death, Skerritt earned more than 170 film credits across television and film, according to his IMDb page.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026
Nike’s program spanned 12 weeks and featured stars like Kim Kardashian and athletes including Cristiano Ronaldo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
The residence was designed by architect Kevin Clark and completed in 2011 after a lengthy construction process that spanned seven years.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026
Year: 2015 Compiled by: Laura Bennett Of note: Although the numerical scale spanned from 1–10, one particularly ignominious scene earned a score of −1.
From Slate ● Oct. 7, 2026
Just ahead, past a big piazza, a wooden bridge spanned one of the widest canals.
From "The House of Hades" by Rick Riordan
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Starting in 1990 as a transport company, Ravatomanga's Sodiat Group expanded into a sprawling conglomerate spanning automotive distribution, aviation, private security, media, construction, healthcare, real estate, hospitality, tourism and Madagascar's lucrative vanilla trade.
From Barron's ● Oct. 23, 2026
The Financial Times leads on the richest man in the world, Elon Musk, as he considers merging his two companies SpaceX and Tesla into a "sprawling conglomerate spanning rockets, satellites, social media, robots and cars".
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
Slated to open in 2028, the new spot will be part of a new commercial development spanning 50,000 square feet across three buildings.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 21, 2026
AstraZeneca added that the collaboration would cover multiple international projects across the U.S., the Middle East, and Europe spanning its core disease areas—cancer, cardiovascular, renal and metabolic diseases, respiratory and immunology, and rare diseases.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 20, 2026
The author must possess a range of expertise spanning the above disciplines, so that relevant advances can be synthesized.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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